Introduction
Purpose
About This Resource
How to Use This Resource
Unit Outline
Step 1: Selecting Mentor Texts

• Lesson Plan 1A: Introduction to the Mentor Text (Whole-Class Mentor Text)
• Lesson Plan 1B: Book Pass Activity (Guided Student Choice Texts)

Step 2: Investigating the Mentor Text Part I

• Lesson Plan 2: Thinking About the Mentor Text
• Lesson Plan 3: Learning the Terminology of Investigation
• Lesson Plan 4: Investigating the Mentor Text
• Lesson Plan 5: Determining the Mentor Author's Research Methods

Step 3: Crafting the Research Question and Methods

• Lesson Plan 6: Crafting a Research Question Through Modeling and Crowdsourcing
• Lesson Plan 7: Crowdsourcing Ideas--Student Research Proposal
• Optional Troubleshooting Lesson Plan: This Is NOT an Experiment

Step 4: Investigating the Mentor Text Part II

• Lesson Plan 8: Author's Craft and Citations

Step 5: Utilizing Secondary Research

• Lesson Plan 9: Annotated Bibliographies
• Lesson Plan 10: What Goes into a Citation

Step 6: Investigating the Mentor Text Part III

• Lesson Plan 11: Determining Theme

Step 7: Firsthand Research Analysis
Step 8: Crafting the Final Paper and Presentation Part I

• Lesson Plan 12: Author's Craft, Revisited
• Lesson Plan 13: Citing Sources in Your Research Paper

Step 9: Assessing the Mentor Text Study
Step 10: Crafting the Final Paper and Presentation Part II
Rubrics
Sample Student Work
Appendix

• Recommended Mentor Texts
• Standards Alignment Chart